CMA EXAM
RATIO DEFINITIONS
Abbreviations
EBIT = Earnings before interest and taxes
EBITDA = Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
EBT = Earnings before taxes
EPS = Earnings per share
ROA = Return on assets
ROE = Return on equity
Part 1 Financial Planning, Performance and Control
Section B Performance Management
Section B.3 Performance measures
e*. ROI = Income of business unit / Assets of business unit
g. Residual Income (RI) = Income of business unit – (Assets of business unit x required rate
of return)
Note: “Income” means operating income unless otherwise noted
Part 2 Financial Decision Making
Section A Financial Statement Analysis
Section A.1 Basic Financial Statement Analysis
a.
b.
c.
Common size statement = line items on income statement and statement of cash flows
presented as a percent of sales; line items on balance sheet presented as a percent of
total assets
Common base year statements = (new line item amount /base year line item amount)
x 100
Annual growth rate of line items = (new line item amount / old line item amount) – 1
Section A.2 Financial Performance Metrics – Financial Ratios
Unless otherwise indicated, end of year data is used for balance sheet items; full year data is used for
income statement and statement of cash flow items.
Liquidity
a.
Net working capital = current assets – current liabilities
b(1) Current ratio = current assets / current liabilities
b(2) Quick ratio or acid test ratio = (cash + marketable securities + accounts receivable) /
current liabilities
b(3) Cash ratio = (cash + marketable securities) / current liabilities
b(4) Cash flow ratio = operating cash flow / current liabilities
b(5) Net working capital ratio = net working capital / total assets
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Letter references refer to subtopics in Learning Outcome Statements
Revised 2/28/10
Leverage
g(1) Degree of financial leverage = % change in net income / % change in EBIT, or
= EBIT / EBT
g(2) Degree of operating leverage = % change in EBIT / % change in sales
i.
Financial leverage ratio = assets / equity
j(1) Total debt to total capital ratio = (current liabilities + long term liabilities) / (total debt +
total equity)
j(2) Debt to equity ratio = total debt / equity
j(3) Long-term debt to equity ratio = (total debt – current liabilities) / equity
j(4) Debt to total assets ratio = total debt / total assets
k(1) Fixed charge coverage = earnings before fixed charges and taxes / fixed charges
fixed charges include interest, required principal repayment, and leases
k(2) Interest coverage (times interest earned) = EBIT / interest expense
k(3) Cash flow to fixed charges = (cash from operations + fixed charges + tax payments) /
fixed charges
Activity
m(1) Accounts receivable turnover = credit sales / average gross accounts receivables
m(2) Inventory turnover = cost of goods sold / average inventory
m(3) Accounts payable turnover = credit purchases / average accounts payable
n(1) Days sales in receivables = average accounts receivable / (credit sales / 365), or
= 365 / accounts receivable turnover
n(2) Days sales in inventory = average inventory / (cost of sales / 365), or
= 365 / inventory turnover
n(3) Days purchases in payables = average payables / (purchase / 365), or
= 365 / payables turnover
o(1) Operating cycle = days sales in receivables + days sales in inventory
o(2) Cash cycle = Operating cycle – days purchases in payables
p(1) Total asset turnover = sales / average total assets
p(2) Fixed asset turnover = sales / average net plant, property and equipment
Profitability
q(1)
q(2)
q(3)
q(4)
Gross profit margin percentage = gross profit / sales
Operating profit margin percentage = operating income / sales
Net profit margin percentage = net income / sales
EBITDA margin = EBITDA / sales
r(1) ROA = net income / average total assets
r(2) ROE = net income / average equity
Market
s(1) Market-to-book ratio = current stock price / book value per share
s(2) Price earnings ratio = market price per share / EPS
s(3) Price to EBITDA ratio = market price per share / EBITDA per share
t.
book value per share = (total stockholders’ equity – preferred equity) /
number of common shares outstanding
v(1) Basic EPS = (net income – preferred dividends) / weighted average common shares
outstanding
(Number of shares outstanding is weighted by the number of months shares are
outstanding)
v(2) Diluted EPS = (net income – preferred dividends) / diluted weighted average common
shares outstanding
(Diluted EPS adjusts common shares by adding shares that may be issued for convertible
securities and options)
w(1)
w(2)
w(3)
w(4)
Earnings yield = EPS / current market price per common share
Dividend yield = annual dividends per share / market price per share
Dividend payout ratio = common dividend / earnings available to common shareholders
Shareholder return = (ending stock price – beginning stock price + annual dividends per
share) / beginning stock price
Section A.3 Profitability Analysis
b(1) ROA = Net profit margin x total asset turnover; (net income / sales) x (sales / average
total assets) = net income / average total assets
b(2) ROE = ROA x financial leverage; (net income / average total assets) x (average total
assets / average equity )= net income / average equity
f.
Net profit margin x total asset turnover x equity multiplier (DuPont model) = return on
common equity; (net income / sales) x (sales / average total assets) x (average total
assets) / average equity
k.
Gross profit margin percentage = (sales – cost of sales) / sales
l(1) Operating profit margin percentage = operating income / sales
l(2) Net profit margin percentage = net income / sales
n.
Sustainable growth rate = (1- dividend payout ratio) x ROE
Section C Decision Analysis and Risk Management
Section C.1 Cost/volume/profit analysis
g(1) Breakeven point in units = fixed costs / unit contribution margin
g(2) Breakeven point in dollars = fixed costs / (unit contribution margin / selling price)
j(1) Margin of safety = planned sales – breakeven sales
j(2) Margin of safety ratio = margin of safety / planned sales
Section C.3 Pricing
l
Elasticity is calculated using the midpoint formula. For price elasticity of demand
E = [change in quantity / (average of quantities)] / [change in price / (average of prices)]